The Qing Dynasty is going to join forces with Japan to resist the Ming Dynasty!
The transliteration of Spain in the Qing Dynasty is different from that in the Ming Dynasty. It is not the country of Spain, but the country of Spain, which is simply the country of Japan. Therefore, what is written on the palace gate is "The Japanese delegation visited Incheon Port to present firecrackers and armor in order to form an alliance."
And Japan, of course, should be an extremely ambitious country!
On the third day of March in the third year of Hongxing's reign in the Ming Dynasty, Nanjing, the Imperial City.
When the news that the Qing Dynasty wanted to unite with Japan to resist the Ming Dynasty was hurriedly brought to the Forbidden City by Zhu Chunjie, there was a joyful atmosphere in the residence of the Ming Dynasty emperor. It turns out that the Queen Wu Sanmei was diagnosed with Ximai again - this is the third time Wu Sanmei is pregnant! She had already given birth to two daughters in succession before, so it was time for her to give birth to a son this time, right?
By the way, with the birth of the "rich son", Zhu Cixiang's trend of giving birth to daughters seems to have been reversed. Two concubines, Ning Xiangyu and Fei Zhen'e, who were pregnant during Emperor Zhu's Northern Expedition, also gave birth to princes. Ning Xiangyu gave birth to the second son of the emperor, named "Jiang" by Emperor Chongzhen, and Zhu Hejian, whose nickname was "Monk'er". Fei Zhen'e gave birth to the third son of the emperor, who was named "唔" by Emperor Chongzhen. Zhu Hezhen - sounds like "He Shen"!
Now Emperor Zhu has three sons and three daughters, which can be regarded as a group of children. It would be perfect if he had another legitimate son. If not, keep trying!
Wu Sanmei, who is pregnant for the third time, still looks as charming and her figure is not too out of shape. It seems that she can continue to have children...
When Zhu Chunjie entered the palace, Zhu Cixiang was playing with a group of children in the Qianqing Palace. Oh, not only the children, but also his younger brother Zhu Cibing. This boy was born in the 18th year of Chongzhen. He is the same age as Zhu Cixiang's eldest daughter Tianfeng. He is six years old this year and it is almost time for him to start studying. However, Zhu Cixiang had no hope for his younger brother's academic performance. This boy only knew how to eat, and he grew up to be a fat little boy who looked silly. He was not good at studying. He had better adopt him to King Fu as soon as possible!
Although he had made up his mind to let his younger brother go to Fu Wang's family to enjoy the blessings, Zhu Cixiang was still very concerned about the little fat man's education, because this was not his matter alone, but related to thousands of Ming royal family, aristocratic children, and even common people in the future. Children’s education issues.
Today, Emperor Zhu planned to talk to Chongzhen about this matter, but Zhu Cibing came alone first (accompanied by eunuchs), while Emperor Chongzhen went to the harem with Empress Zhou and Concubine Hu (the mixed-race concubine with no rules at all). I was visiting a newly built Western-style building in the back garden, but I haven’t come over yet.
So Zhu Cixiang held his brother's hand and talked to him about how many delicious things there were in Fu Wang's house, such as spicy soup, rolled dough, fried buns, slurry noodles, sliced meat with soup, etc... .They are all special delicacies of Luoyang, which made Xiaofuwang frown, he seemed to be looking forward to it very much!
At this moment, Zhu Chunjie came in a hurry!
"Your Majesty, Zhu Chunjie, respectfully invites Sheng'an! I respectfully invite the Emperor's sixth son, Jin An..."
Zhu Cixiang waved his hand, "Okay, there's no need to say hello to each of them. If you have anything to say, just tell me."
Zhu Chunjie glanced around the main hall of Qianqing Palace. There were a lot of people waiting for him!
Emperor Zhu smiled and said to Queen Wu Sanmei, who was talking to her two daughters at the side: "Third sister, I have something to do. Go sit in Dongnuan Pavilion for a while. Call me when dinner is served."
"I got it, Your Majesty." Wu Sanmei was in a good mood and responded with a smile. Then she waved to Zhu Cibing and called him over - Wu Sanmei had watched Zhu Cibing grow up and she also liked this child very much. Probably because at that time she missed her son every day but could not give birth to one, so she regarded Zhu Cibing as her son... Anyway, she did not agree to adopt Zhu Cibing to Prince Fu. Prince Fu ran out of Luoyang with nothing. Many old relatives and friends came one after another, and they all relied on Prince Fu's Mansion for food, so the Prince's Mansion was not wealthy.
Therefore, Wu Sanmei wanted to give Zhu Cibing another county prince, and then let him study hard and learn some skills. Now the prince of the Ming Dynasty no longer wants to raise pigs. As long as he has the ability, he can become an official or a scholar in the future without fear of losing his future.
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Zhu Cihong and Zhu Chunjie had already walked quickly into Dongnuan Pavilion. Zhu Cihong had a study here. When he was not working in Fengtian Hall, he would handle official business or summon ministers here.
"Your Majesty, there is a secret report from Beijing that the Japanese mission has secretly arrived in North Korea to present firecrackers and plate armor to the Eastern captives and seek an alliance!"
"Japan?" Zhu Cixiang frowned, "Is the news reliable?"
"It's reliable," Zhu Chunjie said. "It's been written in Donglu's residence newspaper, so it can't be wrong. In addition, Fan Wencheng, a bachelor of Donglu's internal secretariat, went to Korea to greet him in person, so it seems to be unmistakable."
"Is Japan really a wolf?" Zhu Cixiang has always been very wary of Japan and has always been concerned about Japan's domestic trends.
Before the Ming Dynasty joined forces with Annan to destroy Champa in the second year of Hongxing and occupied the Chaigun and Jinou lands in the east of Shuizhenla, Japan was relatively peaceful. Although the Ming Dynasty had established the country on a large scale a few years ago, it has not changed much in the eyes of the Japanese.
However, the fact that the Ming Dynasty occupied large areas of Champa State and Shuizhenla, to some Japanese samurai who were dissatisfied with the Tokugawa Shogunate's seclusion policy, was proof that the seclusion policy was wrong - even the Ming Dynasty completely abandoned the seclusion policy. , began to expand its colonization overseas, what reason does Japan have for clinging to the isolation of the country?
Although Japan started to seclusion in China at the end of the Tang Dynasty, it was said to be the first country in East Asia to do so. But in the eyes of the Japanese in the early Edo period, Japan's seclusion was still an imitation of China, the heavenly kingdom.
Now the Celestial Kingdom is no longer closed to the country - even the Ming Dynasty has gone out to colonize! The Qing Dynasty never locked up the country, they were just trapped by the Ming Navy.
As for Dashun, it is located inland, so there is no problem of locking or not locking.
Since the three countries of China are not locked down, why should Japan be locked up?
"Is there any news from Japan?" Zhu Cixiang asked about Japan again.
Jinyiwei North Town Fusi not only had spies in the Northern Qing Dynasty, but also sent spies to Japan. The Ming Dynasty also had an embassy in Uraga Port, Japan. It was originally intended to be located in Edo, but because the Tokugawa shogunate was not happy, it was It was relocated to Uraga Port Town, not far from Edo. At the same time, the Zheng family also set up a business store in Uraga Port.
The first ambassador to Japan was Zheng Zhilong's younger brother Zheng Zhibao. After Zheng Jiangong returned to China, Zheng Zhibao also served as the general agent of the Zheng family in Japan. However, Zheng Zhibao did not report any Japanese mission to the Qing Dynasty or North Korea.
"Your Majesty, Beizhen Fusi's spies in Japan have not reported Japan's mission to Donglu or North Korea." Zhu Chunjie said, "However, they have frequently reported that Japan's domestic situation is unstable recently. Now General Iemitsu is seriously ill and is about to die, and the successor Ietsuna was young, and rumors were spreading that the Toyotomi family would be revived. Some senior shogunate officials attributed this turbulent situation to too many samurai ronin and no territory to support them, so they also advocated the founding of a country and bringing disaster from outside."
Zhu Chunjie paused and seemed to have thought of something. He thought about it and said to Zhu Cihong: "Your Majesty, I think that the founding of Japan is a matter of time... We might as well get Japan to fight with Spain. .”
Zhu Cixiang shook his head: "Don't underestimate Japan... Moreover, Japan is our neighbor after all, not Spain's neighbor! If you want to oppose Spain, you should also attract France. How can there be any reason to attract Japan? This Japanese Qing Dynasty Alliance, I always feel like something is wrong. Chunjie, please have someone check it out.
Also, it’s time to get the grocery store open again! "
The Japanese pirate in the grocery store pretended to be Toyotomi's loyal friend last time, which frightened Tokugawa Iemitsu for a long time. However, after the "Battle of Jeju Island", Zheng Sen arranged for Zahepu and other Toyotomi loyalists to hide on an island called Basgo between the north of Luzon Island and Taiwan Island.
Now is the time for this group of people to come out and cause trouble again, at least to find something for the Tokugawa shogunate to do, and don't let them think about the founding of the country...
